A few quotes by Mahyar Raz

Describing a yoga workshop is daunting. Do I stick to objective reportage or do I share my subjective gut feelings? I won’t even try to describe Mahyar Raz‘s workshop, but I’ll let her words (and she is not shy about sweeping pronouncements) speak for themselves:

“You must feel the pose, in your muscles, in your body. Before, Guruji taught simply by having students do and experience. Later came note taking and books.”

“Every injury actually happened one year before.” (In response to a student’s question on injury prevention, she emphasized awareness, moment to moment.)

“You cannot learn quickly. It’s not McDonald’s. No one wants to cook in a kitchen anymore. [Learning yoga] requires ceremony and discipline.”

“Don’t raise the humerus out of the shoulder socket. That is like lifting a plant off its roots.” (In Urdhva Hastasana.)